Special Message
07/17/1868
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I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do admonish and warn all good citizens of the United States against taking part in or in ...
I do furthermore authorize and empower Major-General George G. Meade, commander of the Military Division of the Atlantic, to employ the land...
The heads of the War and Navy Departments will respectively give orders for paying appropriate honors to the memory of the deceased.
In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of Wa...